Hollywood Road

The subject has failed three times, and I am about to become a professional accountant for make-up exams. I am depressed... Everyone, please come and comfort me with more recommendation tickets.

Everyone else looked over. With the assistance of Jessica Chastain, Murphy removed the Steadicam device on his body, put the camera in place, and raised his head to look at the temporary set of shooting lights on the ceiling, "There is a problem with the lighting. ."

Carey Mulligan, who was sitting in front of the counter, patted his chest lightly and let out a breath, the tension on his face dissipated a lot.

For the first official shoot, she didn't want to be interrupted because of her own mistakes.

Murphy glanced at Carey Mulligan and saw it all, but didn't say anything. Carey Mulligan's acting skills and talents are okay, but he is an uncompromising newcomer, and he is not old. Big, rebellious and sensitive inside, this time should be more of encouragement rather than pressure.

He decided to ignore Carey Mulligan for the time being and fix the lighting on the makeshift set first.

In fact, from the start of filming, Murphy found that there was a problem with the lighting on the scene, but it continued until more problems were found, and then he called to stop.

"John..." Murphy called over Douglas, his lighting engineer, "The lighting needs to be fully corrected."

As he said that, he glanced at Douglas and could only sigh inwardly that many times you get what you get for what you pay for.

As early as when preparing to inspect the venue in the early stage, Murphy explained to him the precautions for lighting. When there were no actors on the scene, it looked good through the camera lens, but after Carey Mulligan appeared in the camera, the shooting The picture does not achieve the expected effect at all.

However, Murphy didn't get angry, and didn't say much. After all, the shooting effect created by the on-site lighting is not only related to the lighting of the gaffer, but also to the changes in the environment. Carey Mulligan in red appeared in the On the set, it also affects the color effect of the light.

"I told you before." Murphy crossed his arms, looked up at the main light hanging on the ceiling, and then looked at the auxiliary light placed on the floor, and then said, "This movie we shot Sort of into film noir! John, you're using too bright and soft lighting."

The use of lighting in a low-budget noir film like Hard Candy is a profoundly complex job, but one that is extremely important to the filmmakers and actors.

Due to financial and technical constraints, some filmmakers created film noir, but this did not limit their talents, which made lighting a very important role in film noir.

Murphy once studied this aspect, so he chose this type of film as the beginning of the whole project. Unlike the bright lights just seen through the camera, dark lighting is what a film like Hard Candy should be. Some shooting lights.

Douglas is not completely incompetent. After looking at it for a while, he pointed to the row of headlights on the ceiling facing the counter and said, "It should be better to change the setting of the main light."

In the "three-light lighting" of main light, auxiliary light and backlight commonly used in film shooting, the main light is usually set at the brightest, and because of this, it is called the main light.

"No, no, no..." Murphy shook his finger, a little dissatisfied with Douglas' proposal, walked to the counter and turned around and said, "Not only the main light, but also the auxiliary light, and in addition Add a little background light as well.”

Fill light, usually set on the opposite side of the key light, is used to dissipate the shadows created by the key light; the backlight is used to illuminate the outline of the entire scene and distinguish the subject from the background.

This makes Carey Mulligan stand out in the whole scene and emphasizes her status as a heroine.

Looking at Douglas, who was at a loss, Murphy sighed. Film noir not only uses dark lighting,

The light should also be hard enough, he said, "The key light can be halogen light, so that the key light will only be emitted from one point, the light will be harder, and the hard light will better highlight the clear outline of the heroine."

Douglas, the lighting engineer, was obviously inexperienced and just kept nodding his head to record.

Murphy walked over to the auxiliary light stand placed on the floor opposite the main light, and added, "The auxiliary light is replaced by a frosted bulb, which emits a softer light, which highlights the outline of the heroine and makes her more attractive. ."

The relative use of hard light and soft light can be said to be a sign of film noir lighting.

After Murphy finished speaking, Douglas walked to his toolbox, ready to debug according to his method.

"John, wait." Murphy stopped him. After all, he wasn't sure if these methods would work. He turned around and waved to old Lynch. After he came over, he said, "There is a pick in the store. Is it? A longer stick would work too."

"Have,"

The string of technical terms just now made old Lynch dizzy. He felt that Murphy was not only sinister and despicable, but also someone with real skills. bring here."

The pick rod was quickly sent to the hands of an intern on the crew.

No matter how good the previous idea was, if you didn’t shoot on the spot, you couldn’t find the problem. Murphy completely rejected the lighting plan and overturned all the lighting in the cafe shooting venue. A working light bulb is fixed at one end of the pick rod, and the position can be changed at any time, so that the effect of lighting the scene from different directions can be detected before lighting.

An inexperienced director leading a group of staff who are also inexperienced in success is bound to take a lot of detours during filming.

The lights have not yet been arranged, and it will be noon. According to the agreement signed by the crew and the old Lynch, lunch and drinks will be provided free of charge by Miton Cafe.

Working on an empty stomach will definitely not work. If you don't say anything else, it will affect your work attitude first. Murphy doesn't believe that these people can work hard without eating.

After finishing the morning's work, let the crew eat first. When Murphy ate the free lunch, he felt a little better because he made a mistake and was a little anxious.

Making mistakes means wasting time; wasting time can lead to overruns…

"Free lunch, my favorite."

Sitting at a coffee table, Murphy said to Carla Faith, who was enjoying a fruit salad across from her, "meaning I could save a lot of money."

Carla Firth looked at her salad without looking up, "You're about to die."

"I don't want this either," Murphy said with a hint of helplessness, "people who have no money can only choose this."

As the morning passed, he became even more skeptical about the availability of the $300,000 fund.

Originally, Murphy had already regarded his abilities as low enough, and estimated that he might encounter enough difficulties. When he actually started to operate, he realized that he was still thinking too optimistically. Just one lighting problem cost a lot of money. Hours are not fully resolved...

Thinking of this, a little sadness appeared on Murphy's face.

Carla Firth glanced at him, put down the spoon, took out a tissue to wipe her mouth, and threw another one to Murphy, saying, "I've been promoted to deputy director of Channel 6, and I'm still in charge of news."

Murphy looked at her in astonishment. Isn't this promotion too fast?

"Congratulations," he said.

"Yes, I should thank you." Carla Faith put her hands on the table. "Without the Bill Road incident, I might still be the director of the night news department. You helped me open the road."

Putting down the knife and fork, Murphy picked up the tissue and said unceremoniously, "How are you going to thank me?"

After he finished speaking, he deliberately changed his gaze to a weird one, looking up and down at Carla Feith's tall and graceful body.

"I'm short of a supervisor position here." Carla Firth didn't take this idea at all, repeating the old saying, "I need someone who is motivated, responsible, and adventurous."

Murphy thought, "If my project fails, I'll consider it."

Carla Firth shrugged and said nothing.

The person on the opposite side helped her a lot, she also admired him very much, and there was a certain friendship between the two, which prepared a way for him.

Murphy knew this, and Kara Faith knew that Murphy could understand her.

The two of them gradually became silent, and they only used their eyes to communicate occasionally. On a table not too far away from Murphy, a pair of bright eyes would look over from time to time.

Carey Mulligan sat in a high-back chair, dug up a spoonful of beans, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it in his stomach after a few chews. James Franco, who was sitting at the same table, immediately reminded, "Hey , eat slowly, be careful of choking.”

"It's up to you!" Carey Mulligan gave James Franco a curious look and asked the intern on the left, "Paul, who is that woman?"

"Which one?" Paul Wilson didn't understand who she was talking about.

Carey Mulligan gestured with his eyes, "The person sitting across from Murphy."

Paul Wilson shook his head slightly, "I don't know either."

"I know her." James Franco answered, "I know her."

"Who is she?" Carey Mulligan couldn't help but wonder, "Murphy's girlfriend?"

"No..." James Franco disparagingly belittled, "Murphy invested all of his money on the movies we made, and now he's a poor man, what woman would be stupid enough to fall in love with him?"

"That's Murphy's pursuit!" Carey Mulligan defended, "Dare to pursue his goals at all costs."

James Franco showed a slightly mocking smile, "Hehe..."

Carey Mulligan stared at him immediately, "I don't want to talk to you anymore."

"Hey, dear," James Franco said dissatisfiedly, "don't forget, I brought your lunch box for you, and I prepared the water you drank in the morning..."

"I didn't let you do it again!"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Carey Mulligan plausibly, "If you don't want to do it, no one is forcing you."

"I'm going to get ready." She jumped off the chair and walked to the makeshift dressing room.

After sending Carla Firth away, Murphy announced the start of the afternoon's work, and there were still many difficulties.

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